Multisensory
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“Multi-sensory language acquisition
techniques:
Technology and the teaching of writing,
literature and culture.”
William Martínez, Jr.
California Polytechnic State University
What is Multi-Sensorial
Teaching?
Based on the Bimodal Learning Model
Neurological Bimodality Definition:“The
notion that both hemispheres of the brain are
involved in a complementary fashion in global
language processing.”
– Marcel Danesi “Neurological Bimodality,” 18
What is Multi-Sensorial
Teaching? (continued)
It attempts to stimulate both sides of the
brain at the same time
Left hemisphere:
Phonological, Morphological, etc. (grammar)
Link syntactic and semantic elements (style, tone, etc.)
Implication of sentence (What does it mean?)
Controls motor functions of speech
What is Multi-Sensorial
Teaching? (continued)
Right Hemisphere:
Determines the sense of the sentence (question, statement,
command, etc.)
Handles figurative meaning (metaphor, simile, etc)
Understands humor and double meaning
Processes most of the everyday occurrances
How does it work?
It gives students more than one stimuli at
any one time
It uses technology (in all its forms) as a
way to lower affective filters
It provides both text and context at the
same time
It increases the motivation of the students
It helps giving students more context
Danesi’s ideas
Use a “Vichian” Model
Go from concrete to abstract
Use metaphor
Apply mental imagery
Help students visualize language
Use TPR and Gestures
Make use of music
Danesi and Writing
It is mostly a first year-type methodology
It emphasizes oral communication
By using metaphor it could be used for
writing, but Danesi does not indicate how.
My adaptations
Stimulate students by using props
Give them specific target writing
assignments
Motivate through technology
High and low technology items
Incorporate cultural components in writing
Integrate several technologies in a
particular assignment.
Multi-Sensory Writing
Focus on the domains of writing
Sensory/descriptive
Imaginative/narrative
Practical informative
Analytic/expository
Sensory/ Descriptive
writing
Gather information through 5 senses
Focus on details
Use of observation in all forms
Choose descriptive words
Imaginary/ narrative
Literature in the real world
Sequence of events
Plot, characterization,
Action as a sensory activity
Connect to real lives
Practical/ Informative
Writing that focuses on culture
Deal with facts
Reporting and providing clear information
Analytic/ expository
The power to persuade
Focus on relationships of things
Attaches symbolic significance
How specific parts work to combine into
an understandable whole
Go beyond what is present to what is
possible
Advantages
Students are more involved in writing
Students feel that writing makes sense
Students see marked improvement in all
critical thinking skills
Students use L2 in real life situations
Students realize that L2 is a living,
evolving language
Disadvantages
It takes a great deal of energy
Must be willing to drop everything at a
moment’s notice--Not for the faint of heart!
Need a lot of imagination
It is difficult to get use to
Testing can be difficult at times